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Division 2 Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (A) Rails of rail-mounted devices such as roll stands shall be flush with the adjacent floor, and so installed to provide a minimum of 18 inches clearance between the equipment and walls or other fixed objects. - (B) All corrugating and pressure rolls shall be equipped with appropriately designed and installed threading guides so as to prevent contact with the infeed nip of the various rolls by the operator. - (C) Lower elevating conveyor belt rolls on the single facer bridge shall have a minimum nip clearance of 4 inches. - (D) Web shears at the discharge end of the double facer shall be equipped with barrier-type guards. - (E) Slitter stations not in use shall be disconnected from the power source by positive means. - (F) The adhesive system shall be so designed and installed as to keep fumes and airborne dust within limits in accordance with OAR 437-0020382, Oregon Rules for Air Contaminants, in Subdivision Z. ## (14) Materials Handling. - (a) Hand trucks. No person shall be permitted to ride on a powered hand truck unless it is so designed by the manufacturer. A limit switch shall be on operating handle - 30° each way from a 45° angle up and down. - (b) Power trucks. Power trucks shall comply with Subdivision N, Material Handling and Storage. Adequate ventilation shall be provided and the trucks properly maintained, so that dangerous concentrations of carbon monoxide cannot be generated, especially in warehouses or other isolated areas of a plant. - (c) Carton-stitching machine. The carton-stitching machine shall be guarded to prevent the operator from coming in contact with the stitching head. - (d) Banding of skids, cartons, cases, etc. Banders and helpers shall wear eye protection equipment in accordance with section (3)(c) of this rule. - (e) Unloading cars or trucks. - (A) Loading and unloading materials. Platforms with ladders or stairways shall be installed or alternative methods made availab…

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## Part 12 General Safety Precautions ## Housekeeping 185 An employer must ensure that a work site is kept clean and free from materials or equipment that could cause workers to slip or trip. ## Lighting 186 (1) An employer must ensure that lighting at a work site is sufficient to enable work to be done safely. 186 (2) An employer must ensure that a light source above a working or walking surface is protected against damage. - 186 (3) An employer must ensure that there is emergency lighting at a work site if workers are in danger if the normal lighting system fails. - 186 (4) Emergency lighting must generate enough light so that workers can - (a) leave the work site safely, - (b) start the necessary emergency shut-down procedures, and - (c) restore normal lighting. ## Pallets and storage racks 187 (1) An employer must ensure that pallets used to transport or store materials or containers are loaded, moved, stacked, arranged and stored in a manner that does not create a danger to workers. - 187 (2) An employer must ensure that racks used to store materials or equipment - (a) are designed, constructed and maintained to support the load placed on them, and - (b) are placed on firm foundations that can support the load. - 187 (3) A worker must report any damage to a storage rack to an employer as quickly as practicable. - 187 (4) The employer and the workers at a work site must take all reasonable steps to prevent storage racks from being damaged to the extent that their integrity as structures is compromised. ## Placement of roofing materials - 187.1 (1) An employer must ensure that supplies and roofing materials stored on the roof of a residential building under construction are located not less than 2 metres from a roof edge. - 187.1 (2) An employer must ensure that the weight of supplies and roofing materials referred to in subsection (1) is uniformly distributed.

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Division 2 - (i) Opening. Doors shall not open directly on or block a flight of stairs, and shall swing in the direction of exit travel. - (ii) Identification. Exits shall be located and identified in a manner that affords ready exit from all work areas. - (iii) Swinging doors. All swinging doors shall be provided with windows; with one window for each section of double swinging doors. Such windows shall be of shatter proof or safety glass unless otherwise protected against breakage. - (iv) Sliding doors. Where sliding doors are used as exits, an inner door shall be cut inside each of the main doors and arranged to open outward. - (v) Barriers and warning signs. Where a doorway opens upon a railroad track or upon a tramway or dock over which vehicles travel, a barrier or other warning device shall be placed to prevent workmen from stepping into moving traffic. - (7) Air requirements. Ventilation shall be provided to supply adequate fresh healthful air to rooms, buildings, and work areas. - (8) Vats and tanks. All open vats and tanks into which workmen could fall shall be guarded. - (9) Lighting. - (i) Adequacy. Illumination shall be provided and designed to supply adequate general and local lighting to rooms, buildings, and work areas during the time of use. - (ii) Effectiveness. Factors upon which the adequacy and effectiveness of illumination will be judged, include the following: - (A) The quantity of light in foot-candle intensity shall be sufficient for the work being done. - (B) The quality of the light shall be such that it is free from glare, and has correct direction, diffusion, and distribution. - (C) Shadows and extreme contrasts shall be avoided or kept to a minimum. - (10) Reserved. - (11) Hazard marking. Physical hazard marking shall be as specified in 1910.144 of this part.